Stock-car



(No Model.)

L. MENG ELER; Y STOGK GAR. N0.'35'7,'219. Pate'nted'Feb. 8,-18'87.

I Y `UNITED STATES P-ATENT OrrrceC Y Louis MENGELEB, oF ELGIN, ILLINoIs.

sToK-CAR.

.'EPECAIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,219, dated E'ebruary 8, 1887.

Application filed May 27, [886, Serial No. 203.371.

To cZZ whom, 'b muy con/carn:

Be it known that I, LoUIs MENGELER, of Elgin, in the connty of Kane andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful 5 Improvernents `in Stock-Cars, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the acconpanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 2 is aplan view of said car with the cover and one of the sprocket-wheels removed to show the interior mechanism; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view, in detail,of an alarm-bell and 'Operating mechanism.

Likeletters of reference indicate like parts in the different figures.v

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and cheap stock-car, so constructed that the same may be utilized as a doubledeck car in shipping hogs, sheep, and thelike, or as an ordinary stock-car for shipping cattle and horses, all of which is 'hereinafter more particularly described, and definite] y pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents the body or frame of an ordinary stock-car, -within which I place a secondary movable floor or deck, B, adapted to be raised tothe top of the car when not in use, and lowered, in the manner hereinafter stated, to a point at or about the middle of said car-body when employed for shipping. When so lowered, I provide strips or cleats b b, attached rigidly to the inside of the car and proj ecting inwardly therefrom for theV fioor B to rest upon, said floor occupying the position shown in dotted lines in said figure. I Upon the inside of the car and attached rigidly to the. body I provide brackets or bearings c c', preferably two upon each side, near the respective ends of the car, which serve as bearing-supports for thescrew-threaded shafts O, one or more of which, but prefer'ably two, are made to project upwardly through the roof of the car, as shown in Fig. 1, and are provided with a hand-Wheel, C', for Operating the same. Nuts or washers 02 c2 are provided to hold said shafts in position. Across and beneath the floor B,,I place re-enforcing bars or supports b'-b', Fig. 1, in line with said screws C, through which and said floor the shafts C are proj ected. Said bars b' may be made of metal, having other purposes.

VVhile I prefer them, I do not confinemyself r (No model.)

screW-threads cut therein for thereception of those -upon the shafts G, or suitable nuts or bushing-plates may be set therein, having threads to receive those of the shafts. Immediately beneath the roof of the car, substantially as shown, I place sprocket-wheels D upon each of said shafts and attached rigidly` thereto, which whcels I connect with an end-v less drive or sprocket chain, E.

To prevent stock from being injur'ed by rubbing against the shafts O when the floor is raised, I provide shields F, of sheet iron or othermetal, one of which is shown in Fig. 1 and oneinFig. 2. Said Shields are preferably semicircular in shape and are attached rigidly 'at the top and bottom, respectively, to the `brackets c c', suitable holes, f, Fig. 2,'being up 0r down, I prefer to employan alarm to in- V dicate its movenent or position. Any suitable device may serve this purpose, and I have shown onein the drawings which may be modified as desired. G, Figs. 1 and 2, represents an alarm-bell rigidly attached to the carframe. A slding rod, y, having its ends projeeting inwardly, so as to engage with the end of the floor B, is Supported in bearings, so that it may be permitted to slide vertically. As the fioor reaches the limit of its movement 'up or down, it moves the rod, causing the spring-hammer g' to pass over a projecting knob, gz, which causes the spring to bend, and the hammer, in its reaction, strikes the bell. It is obvious that said movable floor may be applied to any ordinary stock-car,and thatthe expense of the same is but little more than that of a permanent floor, which, as is Well known, prevents the car from being used for to 'the use of the *sprocket wheels and chain, as it is apparent that bevel-gears and shafting may be used instead.

Having thus described my invention,what I IOD claim, and desi'e to secure by Letters Patent, 3. The combination of a stock-car, a mevasble fioor, a series of screws for raising and l. The combination, with a stoolocayof the lowerngthe latter, and an aa-rm forndicating 5 floor B, se'ews C, and means, as the sproeketthe respective lmits of its movement, sub- 5 Wheels D and eha'in E, for Operating the same stantially as desoribed.

in unison, snbstantially as set forth. i

2. The combination, with a stock-car, of the LOUIS MENGELER. fioo` B, serews C, means, as the sprocketwheels D and ehain E, for Operating the same XVitnesses: Io in nnison, and stationa'y Shields for covering HENRY BLEssE,

said screws when the f'oo' is raised, su'bstan- HENRY C. BUNGE. tially as specified. 

